pressures

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She said: "people are really under serious financial pressures" with the cost of fuel.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

But outside of earnings season, investors must contend with worries about the Iran conflict, higher oil prices and the risk that renewed inflation pressures could complicate the Federal Reserve’s path on interest rates.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Higher fuel prices and other inflationary pressures are making most forms of travel more expensive as Memorial Day kicks off the summer season in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

And the pressures on consumers caused by higher gas prices are about to get worse, experts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Low-mass black holes could form only if matter was compressed to enormous densities by very large external pressures.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking